Project – advanced dinosaur care system

As the number of dinosaurs in our park increases, the need for a more sophisticated data management system becomes apparent. Generics and collections to the rescue!

We will continue to build on the dinosaur care system. The system should handle collections of dinosaurs, allowing functionalities such as sorting dinosaurs based on various parameters, ensuring the uniqueness of dinosaurs, and so on.

Here are the steps we’re going to take.

Step 1: Add additional Java classes:

• Create a new package named collections.
• Inside this package, create a class named DinosaurComparator. This class should implement Comparator<Dinosaur>. Override the compare() method to sort dinosaurs based on various parameters, such as age, size, and so on.

Note

Normally you don’t create a class for comparator, but we don’t see lambdas until the next chapter.

Step 2: Extend the dinosaur care system:

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